Giallo Corsa
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Looks OK i guess ?
"Before 2025" release date as per the video (?)
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Lizardcube's new Shinobi gameplay
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Looks OK i guess ?
"Before 2025" release date as per the video (?)
Kokoloko85
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Looks good. Kept some of the same music which is great
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Mister Wolf
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He moves really snappy.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Shinobi III one of my fav Genesis games.
Mr.Phoenix
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Blank Space Invader
Gold Member
Looks ok I suppose. I just don't like laggy animated graphics. At around 00:38 when he jumps up the wall, I nitpick that style of animation. It isn't wrong or bad, but it just isn't for me.
Saber
Member
Nothing to do with nostalgia smartass.
Trying too hard to look cool looking diminishes the great hand-drawn made animations. Its like puting face make-up on a very pretty girl, usually end up ruining it.
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Holammer
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Yes, they try too hard, the player character looks and moves like a ponce, even did a parkour leap over an obstacle.
Not a fan of the artsy direction, it's very French.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
I like the main character's run animation. But it looks like Shinobi III, I wish it was more like the arcade Shinobi games. More Rolling Thunder basically. Those games had a much more distinct gameplay style (though recently I found out there's a few more games of the sort I had missed, some below).
Bonus game - M J's Moonwalker home "ports" (just as the ESWAT arcade game is also different than the home versions, though it's a bit closer than Moonwalker): https://youtu.be/HQzzxYnuIYA?t=23
Of the home Shinobi games Shadow Dancer is probably the most similar, then Revenge and also the Game Gear games but they're not quite there imo. Sunset Riders and by extention Mystic Warriors and Cowboys of Moo Mesa also feel a bit similar though not as much as some of the others here.
Bonus game - M J's Moonwalker home "ports" (just as the ESWAT arcade game is also different than the home versions, though it's a bit closer than Moonwalker): https://youtu.be/HQzzxYnuIYA?t=23
Of the home Shinobi games Shadow Dancer is probably the most similar, then Revenge and also the Game Gear games but they're not quite there imo. Sunset Riders and by extention Mystic Warriors and Cowboys of Moo Mesa also feel a bit similar though not as much as some of the others here.
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Dirk Benedict
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Looks like a flash game with better, intuitive gameplay.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Some awesome games there! Never knew about Crime City. Never saw that one in arcades.
Shinobi was hard as hell in the arcades! The boss at the 11:00 mark took me and a buddy a million tries playing on his home arcade machine.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
It definitely has potential, though the mechanics feel a little... limited. You don't jump quite as high as it feels like you should, double jump feels even more limited, etc. All stuff they can sort out.
That said, aesthetically, it misses the mark. It feels way too cartoony and while the visuals are polished and look good (generically, anyway), it's just not channeling the right vibe. I really liked that sort of dark future vibe the 2002 game had, and would like to see a 2D game approach it like that.
That said, aesthetically, it misses the mark. It feels way too cartoony and while the visuals are polished and look good (generically, anyway), it's just not channeling the right vibe. I really liked that sort of dark future vibe the 2002 game had, and would like to see a 2D game approach it like that.
Pasta la Vista
Member
Shinobi 3 music, im ok with this... the little cutscenes look like unfinished concept art though... why?
Pasta la Vista
Member
The music is straight from Shinobi 3 on Genesis, makes me think they are just doing a remake of that game or something.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Check out the one I just added, I thought I had before but I guess not (the last embedded video, I made Moonwalker a link instead to fit that in).
Yeah I recall seeing someone glitch/cheat that boss once and since then I always did it the same way. You could make it so you get pushed back in the opposite direction by the statues until you come out the other side. I didn't know it's possible to beat it normally, lol.
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Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Its one of the best on the platform. The difficulty was just right where it required a few playthroughs to beat & master, but nothing ridiculous like other games of that era. Contra Hard Corps can suck it.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I never saw that Konami game you just embedded either.
Me and my buddy did that Shinobi boss like in the video. Just hammer through it asap. The guy in the video makes it look so easy. But I swear it was much harder than it looks!
March Climber
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Punished Miku
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Looks sick as fuck. Instant day 1.
Crayon
Member
Somehow not clicking with me. I appreciate what they are trying to do, but it doesn't feel confident. Like they know it's a high bar to surpass so they just show reverence instead of trying. That's a lot of read in for 20 seconds of footage but that's all I'm going to watch so oh well. I've got shin Shinobi den right here and I've hardly touched it. And I would also still like to try the ps2 game. I all good on shinobi so best of luck.
Bombolone
Gold Member
Art style makes it look like just another 2d action side scroller. Not a bad thing, but doesn't pull me in.
The art on the converstation portraits is better. A lot sharper looking, some ugliness to it.
From the trailer, the mechanics looks pretty standard for games in the genre. Will have to wait and see what the other items/gadgets/weapons are.
I want everything to feel like a threat in my Shinobi games. The music, art style, animations, dialogue, characters.
I also haven't seen any of the game really.
Maybe they could increase his speed by 10%. Those swings look slow.
I liked the trailer on youtube and the developer is welcoming engagement (their words) in the comments.
A work in progress. Looks OK indeed.
The art on the converstation portraits is better. A lot sharper looking, some ugliness to it.
From the trailer, the mechanics looks pretty standard for games in the genre. Will have to wait and see what the other items/gadgets/weapons are.
I want everything to feel like a threat in my Shinobi games. The music, art style, animations, dialogue, characters.
I also haven't seen any of the game really.
Maybe they could increase his speed by 10%. Those swings look slow.
I liked the trailer on youtube and the developer is welcoming engagement (their words) in the comments.
A work in progress. Looks OK indeed.
CosmicComet
Member
I like it! Joe Musashi is one of my favorite ninja characters ever
Saber
Member
Both Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi 3 have good difficulty curves. At the start you go through the learning process and by the end of it you should be mastering the double jump.
EDMIX
Banned
The art style seems to be their own thing, but the music is going for that throwback 100%.
I like this team's name sounds like some Twitch streamer lol
MasterDerico
Member
Just beautiful, loved it! As a Shinobi fan, im hyped!
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Possibly partially because of those often hard to press-in abused buttons at the arcade (I doubt they used top tier parts like sanwa or whatever was a thing back then around here). Blisters on my fingers was a pretty common occurrence back when I frequented arcades as a school skipping kiddo
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Nickolaidas
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Looks amazing, can't fucking wait.
This is going off of Shinobi 3. Correct me if I'm wrong but there was never a version of it in the arcade.Possibly partially because of those often hard to press-in abused buttons at the arcade (I doubt they used top tier parts like sanwa or whatever was a thing back then around here). Blisters on my fingers was a pretty common occurrence back when I frequented arcades as a school skipping kiddo
wondermega
Member
I was a big fan of the Genesis games back in the day. This looks fine so far for what it is, I suppose - the video itself feels very "leaked trailer-ish," proof of concept, whatever you want to call it - doesn't look like it is showing much in the way of real gameplay/level design (I hope that isn't supposed to be it!) And then with those scribbled animatics, why would they release that? The music sounds like a straight rip of the chiptune from Shinobi III. So, something is perhaps a little fishy here. Or it is just the dev doing a straight dump to show what they are up to and trying to get some feedback perhaps (I think someone earlier said something to that effect).
Anyway what I am seeing here so far is inoffensive, but not really very intriguing. They definitely have talent and technically it looks good, but I am not interested in picking up a 30-years-later rehash of such a game. Now on the other hand, if they take the spirit of the original games and follow in that direction, I would maybe be pretty excited. Shinobi was great when things got WEIRD. Batman, Spiderman, Godzilla, Rambo, Terminator, etc. Fighting against the backdrop of the Statue of Liberty. Creepy bioengineering lab, etc. I don't mean to just rehash all that stuff either, but thinking along those lines would be cool.
I am not sure how many people here remember the last Japanese-developed 2D Shinobi game (I think?) The Saturn one. It was a pretty big departure from what had come before - in fact I am unconvinced it was actually a Shinobi game, and more like they stuck the name on it. And following the 16-bit versions, I am not sure it worked because of what I just said - but they did try to shake things up pretty considerably, and even though the game has it's share of problems, it is still kind of neat for what they tried with it. As much as I kind of didn't like that game, I still look at something like that and compare it to the video I see here and I can tell you which one looks actually more interesting to me to want to play (hint: the Saturn one).
Anyway, I am probably not the market for a game like this. But if they are putting in a strong effort and it turns more people onto the idea (and history) of the Shinobi series, I am all for it. And of course I am not going to just judge it by what has been shown so far. But I don't feel like I have high expectations. Prove me wrong!
Anyway what I am seeing here so far is inoffensive, but not really very intriguing. They definitely have talent and technically it looks good, but I am not interested in picking up a 30-years-later rehash of such a game. Now on the other hand, if they take the spirit of the original games and follow in that direction, I would maybe be pretty excited. Shinobi was great when things got WEIRD. Batman, Spiderman, Godzilla, Rambo, Terminator, etc. Fighting against the backdrop of the Statue of Liberty. Creepy bioengineering lab, etc. I don't mean to just rehash all that stuff either, but thinking along those lines would be cool.
I am not sure how many people here remember the last Japanese-developed 2D Shinobi game (I think?) The Saturn one. It was a pretty big departure from what had come before - in fact I am unconvinced it was actually a Shinobi game, and more like they stuck the name on it. And following the 16-bit versions, I am not sure it worked because of what I just said - but they did try to shake things up pretty considerably, and even though the game has it's share of problems, it is still kind of neat for what they tried with it. As much as I kind of didn't like that game, I still look at something like that and compare it to the video I see here and I can tell you which one looks actually more interesting to me to want to play (hint: the Saturn one).
Anyway, I am probably not the market for a game like this. But if they are putting in a strong effort and it turns more people onto the idea (and history) of the Shinobi series, I am all for it. And of course I am not going to just judge it by what has been shown so far. But I don't feel like I have high expectations. Prove me wrong!
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
What does that have to do with your quote (which is a reply to a conversation about a Shinobi 1 arcade boss)? I mentioned it seems like Shinobi III in the first (of 3) post/part of that discussion (the whole point of which was about how the home games differ to the arcade stuff that came before)
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ResilientBanana
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This gives me Shinobi vibes, I dig it. Side scrollers with good art needs to exist.
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TerribleAtThisGame
Member
I have zero nostalgia for Shinobi as a disclaimer. I can't stand this Flash looking art style. Reminds me of Streets of Rage 4 which I also hated visually. Great game but that art style is ugly as sin to me.
Also as a non-fan, this game looks mediocre at best. Backgrounds especially are boring.
Also as a non-fan, this game looks mediocre at best. Backgrounds especially are boring.
Dirk Benedict
Member
Dude, it was hard AF. That music alone was enough to put another quarter in. Also the bonus stages where you need to fling the ninja stars at the ninjas... I was only like 6 when I played it for the first time. Those stages were intense for a lil shit.
Facism
Member
Shinobi was the first board my dad had when he put a pair of arcade machines in his shop. It's what made me go Sega with consoles growing up.
Mad to think all those decades ago, I used to speed-run the game and 100% the special stages in a single credit. Couldn't do that these days ;_;
Miles708
Member
I liked SoR4 but this one is looking mild.
Maybe it's the animations, or the running pose, maybe it's the general direction of the scenery or how "detached" some animations look ... I don't know it doesn't look that great to me.
It looks... fine? A bit too indie for my taste. Shinobi deserves better
Maybe it's the animations, or the running pose, maybe it's the general direction of the scenery or how "detached" some animations look ... I don't know it doesn't look that great to me.
It looks... fine? A bit too indie for my taste. Shinobi deserves better
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MiguelItUp
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This honestly looks pretty damn cool, I'm definitely in. Assuming it'll stick the landing, and I hope it does.
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